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Don't believe everything you see on TV. This provocative political documentary warns us, using a blizzard of incriminating clips and sound bites, that as far back as the Vietnam conflict in the early '60s, major outlets of the so-called "liberal media" have generally marched in lockstep with US presidents and their wars  at least until the going got tough. Fox News is the biggest offender for its Iraq/WMD drumbeats, but even Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather come in for a drubbing by filmmakers Loretta Alper and Jeremy Earp, who illustrate media critic Norman Solomon's charges of pro-war media bias with what must be thousands of pieces of videotape (running time unknown, 2007.)
ByKelly Vance

The current auditor, Brenda Roberts, has failed in her job as the city's primary watchdog and has severely mistreated her staff.

We Stand with Oakland and Forever Oakland - organizations led by East Bay business owners and die-hard fans - announced Tuesday that several prominent law firms have offered to aid their quest to prevent the Raiders' move to Vegas.